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In 1899, Charles A. Vernon of the B.C. Pottery Company constructed a building at the corner of Broughton and Government Streets in Victoria, BC. [12] A few years later, it became the offices of Pemberton Holmes Realtors. [12] Originally the site of Fort Victoria, a tablet was affixed to the building to mark the historical site.
The British Columbia Home Owner Mortgage and Equity partnership is a program offered by the Executive Council of British Columbia to first-time homebuyers who have been either citizens or permanent residents of Canada for the last five years and have been residents of British Columbia for at least a year before applying and have never owned a home.
With the establishment of Fort Victoria, a trail linking the fort to Cadboro Bay ran through the area that would become Fernwood and was used by aboriginals and Europeans. Bishop Edward Cridge described the area as it was in the 1850s as "open country without a house or field till we arrived at the Company's farm [Cadboro Bay Farm]".
It is Victoria's largest community by population and area, when considered together with the adjacent Gonzales neighbourhood. Fairfield is a residential community with a mix of low-rise apartments and single family homes on well-maintained, tree-lined streets, such as Wellington Avenue.
Greater Victoria (also known as the Greater Victoria Region) is located in British Columbia, Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island.It is usually defined as the thirteen municipalities of the Capital Regional District (CRD) on Vancouver Island as well as some adjacent areas and nearby islands.
It consists of the District's unincorporated land on Vancouver Island, including the neighbourhood of Willis Point (Greater Victoria) on the Saanich Inlet, Malahat, on the western shore of Saanich Inlet, and the Western Communities localities of East Sooke, Jordan River, Otter Point, Shirley, Port Renfrew, inclusive of the First Nations ...
On 19 August 2019, the minister responsible for Parks Canada announced that the Government of Canada had designated Uplands (Oak Bay, BC) as a National Historic Site. [3] [4] Parks Canada says that Uplands “is an exceptional example of subdivision design and planning”. John C. Olmsted's design is “among the finest works of a renowned ...
Highlands is one of the more undeveloped areas of the Greater Victoria region; it is one of the newest Greater Victoria municipalities created within the Capital Regional District. Although the area is seen as a target for residential expansion of the Greater Victoria region, it is known mainly for its lakes, hills, and wilderness.